This 12 slides resource provides short summaries, examples and quotes for 9 key themes in UN SAC DE BILLES. Present to your students then get them to find other examples and key quotes to exemplify each theme in the book, using the templates on the last 2 pages. I would recommend using the KINDLE version of the book to help your students find key words and quotes, and I would link this with the P.E.E essay writing method to help students articulate key points with solid examples, followed by analisis.

In this 13 slides Powerpoint you will find: A quiz to gauge your students’ understanding of the task Answers with additional details on the mark scheme requirement Examples of opinions and justifications across the 3 themes Examples of complex language required for this task An example of how to plan a 150 word paragraph to score the highest marks (broken down to aid your students’ understanding of where to insert what type of language) A peer assessment and self-assessment task

This 21 slide lesson provides you with a recap of key French graphemes and their sound, with audio, plenty of exemples and practice tasks. Useful for GCSE students who need to improve their pronunciation

14 slide recap and revision powerpoint for possessive pronouns with: An 8 questions quiz to gauge your students’ existing knowledge A recap with plenty of relevant examples for all themes A translation task 2 gap fills

This resource focuses on DEPUIS and contains: 4 example phrases in French with their translations A summary of how to use DEPUIS 10 French to English translations 10 English to French translations An answers sheet for all 20 translations TO CHALLENGE YOUR STUDENTS EVEN MORE: A paraphrasing worksheet with 12 sentences to redraft using depuis A Powerpoint with the answers + translations This latter resource is also ideal to prepare students for the demands of the AS curriculum where they will have to paraphrase and summarize.

This resource contains: A reference and practice sheet with: 4 French example phrases with their English translation A summary of uses and formation 6 translations from French to English 6 translations from English to French An answers sheet for all translations

Revise key adverbs, adjectives and opinion introducers to improve your GCSE writing skills

Are your students confused about possessive pronouns? Then look no further! This 14 slide Powerpoint will help you recap the key rules and allow for lots of practice. It contains: A quiz so students can work out what they already know Rules recap with examples Grid fill for knowledge retrieval Practice tasks

4 tasks with corrections for Theme 2 and its 4 subthemes Suitable for your Foundation/ Higher students

Do you want to give your student extra listening practice ahead of their GCSE listening mocks or exams? Here you will find 4 x GCSE style listening tasks created with the key vocabulary in mind. This covers all 3 themes. The resource pack contains: A Powerpoint presentation with the questions and embedded audio files The questions worksheets in a Word document format The transcripts for all 4 tasks

Students in both Foundation and Higher tiers need to be able to write accurately in 3 tenses with complex phrases and opinions. In this resource students will revise key grammar, match model paragraphs to bullet points and identify the required success criteria. Spoiler alert: There is a trick to get them to understand that a very good paragraph can be off topic!

Task 2 of the new GCSE Foundation Writing paper is a brand new task that is aimed at testing students’ understanding of grammar in a multiple choice question format. The following worksheets contains 15 questions and a separate answers sheet. This could be set in class or as homework and mistakes should be discussed to enable students’ understanding to grow.

THEME 2 4 skill practice** 20 slides to get your students to revise Theme 2 with a range of revisions and GCSE style tasks including: Translations (from French into English and from English into French) about leisure and music Sentence building tasks (routine and leisure) A 90 word task with reminders and a model answer (range of Theme 2 topics) A listening task about fitness Reading comprehension (film and TV) Tense identification task (online activities) A speaking task with model answer (past + future)

THEME 1 IDENTITY AND CULTURE Subtheme: Celebrations In this 40 slide Powerpoint you will find: Key Christmas vocabulary recap tasks including retrieval from English to French and French to English Gap fills Reading comprehension Speaking tasks Translation tasks This includes 3 time frames and all 4 skills. You could modify the Reading task by

This 70 + slide Powerpoint offers: Christmas vocabulary revision and retrieval tasks Gap fills Guessing games Photo descriptions Scaffolded translations Speaking activities (giving opinions + understanding questions) Translations It’s perfect for Year 9 as the 3 time frames are covered

This resource provides your students with: An explanation of how justified opinions helps to gain access to the highest marks for this task Illustrated examples of justified opinions and complex language A reminder of key opinion introducers and connectives expected at Higher tier 5 x tasks that gradually build to an independent writing style (translations, connecting sentences, finishing sentences with justifications and 150 word style writing activity with a choice of 3 questions and a model answer) Answers sheet to share in class or for students to check independently

BRAND NEW ! PERFECT FOR FIRST LESSONS IN SEPTEMBER Do you want to get your students to talk about their summer holidays? Do you want to run fun activities to aid their recall and application of the past tense? Here are 2 Speaking activities suitable for FOUNDATION French GCSE students to get them to talk about their summer holidays and revise key vocabulary + the past tense. This resource has: 2 TRUTHS AND A DARE Powerpoint slides to introduce the 2 truths and a lie activity with examples and justified opinions A help sheet with a range of past tense sentences organized by theme FIND SOMEONE WHO A worksheet you can adapt and print This is suitable for students studying the AQA syllabus and this directly links into 2 key themes: Theme 1 Identity and Culture + Theme 2 Local, National, Global and International areas of interest)

This resource includes a recap of the mark scheme for the 90-word paragraph task as well as some tips for students. I have then created 3 model answers for each of the 3 themes based on November 2021 past exam papers, meaning you will be able to show your students 9 model answers in total. You can easily customize the Word documents to create a range of tasks to scaffold your Writing tasks, for example: Match the bullet point to the paragraph Fill in the gaps Spot the tense tasks Spot the opinions task Etc…